Backing Britain’s Carers: Proposed New Rights in the Spotlight
Learn about DBT's consultation on employment rights for unpaid carers and parents of seriously ill children, which will close on 1st September 2026.
Employment Rights Act 2025 — Consultation on reforms of zero hours and similar contracts
A message from the Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care, Deborah Sturdy
Building Carer Friendly Communities: Celebrating Unpaid Carers and Young Carers During Carers Week 2026
Carers are at the heart of our communities.
Adult Safeguarding: A guest blog by Stephen Kinnock MP, Minister of State for Care
This blog reflects comments made by the Minister of State for Care at the National Conference for Safeguarding Adults Boards on 19 May 2026
Launching the Management and Leadership Code for Health and Social Care
As we launch the Management and Leadership Code for Health and Social Care, Deborah Sturdy, Chief Nurse – Adult Social Care, discusses what this means for leaders and managers across health and social care.
Continued funding for adult social care learning and development in financial year 2026/27
Investing in the adult social care workforce
You care, you matter: understanding self-care for social care nurses
Looking after others often takes its toll on unpaid carers and professional care givers. Taking care of ourselves can sometimes feel like the thing we never get around to doing. Attending to our own mental health and wellbeing is important. If we are depleted and exhausted, we cannot give our best... at home or at …
Celebrating International Nurses Day 2025
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This week’s announcement, on International Nurses Day, that the title “nurse” will be protected in law is, in my view, long overdue. Finally, we can reassure residents, patients and colleagues they are dealing with registered practitioners across all relevant care settings.
Delegated healthcare: the journey continues
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Right care, right place, right time As the conversations about delegated healthcare continue to evolve, the messaging remains clear. Delegation of healthcare activities is happening across adult social care and has been for many years. These voluntary guiding principles support …
Change NHS: your chance to make social care part of the conversation
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Care and support, Carers, Communities, Innovation, Workforce
This week, the Department of Health and Social Care, in partnership with NHS England, launches the biggest national conversation about the state of the NHS in its 76-year history. Social care voices invited!